Windows 11 24H2 Security Update Causes SSD/HDD Failures and Potential Data Corruption

Of course the update and the problem are related to each other. No one is claiming otherwise. You just don't understand the relationship between OS and hardware.

Did the update cause the problem or did it reveal an existing problem somewhere else?

From a user perspective it makes no difference, and users obviously shouldn't have to be the ones to distinguish.

From a developer perspective it makes all the difference as the company responsible has to pay engineers (software, hardware or both) to fix it.

This happens very often in the computing world, and outside of it too. It happens in any engineering project where multiple contractors are involved (ie. most of them).
That's why I said earlier in this thread that it could be down to politics (arguments between the different companies on who is actually responsible for fixing this).

You'd be surprised how common these issues come up that fall in a sort of grey area between what's clearly the responsibility of one team and the responsibility of another team. That's what I mean by politics. If you've worked in software development you've probably experienced it.


I've replied to this, this is like an arsonist firebombing a building and you blaming the building's owner for the fire because he didn't take all the necessary fire protection precautions. Sure, the owner could have done better but the one responsible for the fire is the goddamn arsonist
 
So glad I stay like a month behind on updates purposely on windows haven't gotten to this update yet....might just frag this Windows install and go back to CachyOS and/or PikaOS. Fucking hell man
 
So has MS even acknowledged this problem or stopped pushing the update lol

We need another fucking antitrust trial to wake the fuckers up


Sir, you make no sense, if they stop pushing the update how on earth will the beta testers commonly known as "Windows users" continue testing the update?
 
Apparently the update can also cause different issues than previously reported?

 
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It seems possible that both Phison are correct with their testing but also people are also right to flag the update as a problem. If there is an underlying cooling problem on the drives then they might be crashing out, which could be a fault with the PC build, but the Microsoft update might be working the drive controllers harder and causing them to get hotter than normal.
 
I've been delaying updates via the registry for nearly a year now. Time to do a fresh install, but with LTSC.

What's worse is we know Windows 12 will be exactly the fucking same, just with some new added bullshit we don't want.
 
In the past I wasn't impressed enough by LTSC to want to switch, but things like this make it seem far more appealling.
 
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In the past I wasn't impressed enough by LTSC to want to switch, but things like this make it seem far more appealling.

The LTSC version of Windows doesn't get feature updates but it does get security updates. If a security update caused these SSD problems, you would still get that broken patch with LTSC installed.
 
The LTSC version of Windows doesn't get feature updates but it does get security updates. If a security update caused these SSD problems, you would still get that broken patch with LTSC installed.
Correct, the KB5063878 update is Installed on my Windows 11 IoT LTSC computers. Probably because it was "time" to update, been a month since I updated things that do not automatically update, so cumulative updates where waiting for me and I installed them so KB5063878 got installed.

There is a new cumulative update waiting, that I'll wait for a bit before installing.
 
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The LTSC version of Windows doesn't get feature updates but it does get security updates. If a security update caused these SSD problems, you would still get that broken patch with LTSC installed.
Ah. I hadn't followed this closely enough to notice. Thanks
 
So, I told windows to stop updates for 5 weeks as another 2H2 update was queued. I haven't had issues but it's been going around that the update breaks something else or has some issues.

Come on bro. And people think some have some irrational cynicism towards Microsoft.

This is pathetic. I'm about to install Bazzite on one of my drives as it's working damn good on the ROG Ally.
 
So, I should still stick to Win 10 until 2026 then?

Windows 10 is safe thanks to almost no new updates outside of some security patches.

I have to stick to W11 because:

- my 25 years old printer has drivers on W11 but not on W10 (I have no idea why)
- Auto HDR is useful and costs 0 fps
- Xbox Series gamepad works with screenshot button
- Xbox guide meny is much better
- system looks much better but this is not really important...
 
Windows 10 is safe thanks to almost no new updates outside of some security patches.

I have to stick to W11 because:

- my 25 years old printer has drivers on W11 but not on W10 (I have no idea why)
- Auto HDR is useful and costs 0 fps
- Xbox Series gamepad works with screenshot button
- Xbox guide meny is much better
- system looks much better but this is not really important...

As long as games still support win 10, I have no reason to move to 11 on my main PC. My work laptop is already win11 and I'm not a fan of it, so yeah.
 
Spent a few hours today getting my fresh LTSC install how I like. It's still Windows 11, but at least I'm not getting Gamebar bollocks pissing me off every five minutes. And it's nice to have a working task manager, as it was been broken on my last install for the past two years. I had to use a third party program to force close unresponsive software.

I did get away with copying over a lot of my App data local and roaming folders from the previous install backup. Fuck trying to find save games and settings for my software again. Seems to have worked out well enough.
 
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